editorial report. i m paul gigot. and we re counting down to cnn s presidential debate, the first of two, which is set to take place in atlanta on thursday. president biden is at camp david this weekend preparing for the showdown as a new fox news poll finds him in a tight the race with donald trump leading his republican rival 50-48 among registered voters. that s within the margin of error but represents a 2-point gain for the president from last month even as questions continue to swirl about the president s age and ability to serve a second term. is so how crucial is next week s faceoff to putting those concerns to rest? let s is ask wall street journal columnists and fox news contributor karl rove. if welcome, karl. so i want you to start out with that fox news poll. this would suggest i know it s the only one poll, but this would suggest with some other evidence that there s been some movement towards joe biden since the felony conviction of president trump. do you
is the ingraham angle . my ankle moments. first come up with 5 months into election day not every ball that comes out is meticulously dissected. diss we lays with momentum is. this time around we seen trump looking umlostrong in bowl afte pole. but, a few preset servers including one from us here at fox shows the race title. triggered some wishful thinking rr quarters.some big shift among independent voters can signal subdued momentum for president biden. repulsive just a tight raceh. this one shows momentum. better news that martin has had in months. this underscores the party campaigns theory of the case here which is that as people start to dial-in they would find trump less and less appealing. for they start making plans for the second prided inaugural let s break this down. look at heak athings in some co. first, even with the latest polls factored in, trump is still leading the national rcp average albeit slightly.this is important. remember back in june 2016
we have five months until election day. now every poll that comes out we know it s me particular alsoly dissected as we all try to analyze where the momentum is. this time around we have seen trump looking strong in poll after poll. but, a few recent surveys including one from us here at fox, shows the race tighter and it triggered some wishful thinking syndrome in some corridors. big shift among independent voters could signal some new momentum for president biden. every poll suggests a tight race. this one shows a little momentum, perhaps. probably than biden has had in really months. it underscores that the biden campaign theory of the case here is which is that as people started to dial in they would find trump less and less appealing. laura: before they start making plans for the second biden inaugural, let s break this down and look at things in some context here. now, first, even with the latest polls, factored in, trump is still leading in the national rcp a